Who Gets to Sustain a Career in the Arts?

Atlanta Contemporary presents Who Gets to Sustain a Career in the Arts? Accessibility, Career Attrition, & Institutional Barriers, a symposium organized by artist Amanda Grae Platner.

Focusing on artists with disabilities, the program brings together artists and cultural professionals to examine how accessibility, professional norms, and financial structures shape long-term participation in the arts, not just who enters, but who is able to remain.

Rather than treating accessibility as a matter of physical or building access alone, the conversation centers on the systems that structure participation over time, and how expectations around presence, availability, and institutional norms shape who is able to remain in the field.

Taking place on Sunday, May 3 from 2–4:30 PM at Atlanta Contemporary, the symposium is intended for artists, curators, and institutional leaders engaged in shaping cultural spaces and programs.

“Access doesn’t end at the front door. If accessibility isn’t addressed systemically, exclusion is built into that system and disabled artists are pushed out,” said Platner.

Keynote Speaker-

Dr. Jennifer Sarrett, Founder and Director of Disruptive Inclusion

Moderator-

Bethany Stevens, Disabled Sociologist, Educator, and Cultural Critic

Panelists-

Amanda Grae Platner, Artist

Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn, Artist

Megan Mosholder, Artist

Victoria Dugger, Artist

Light food and drinks will be provided.

A printed and digital booklet developed for the symposium will be available.